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Florida Construction Worker’s Can File Workers’ Comp Claim for Electric Shock Injuries

Electrocution and electric shock injuries can happen suddenly and without any type of warning. Contact with an exposed wire can cause a serious injury resulting in permanent brain damage, heart irregularities, organ damage and neurological damage. Sometimes it can cause a death. The recovery time can take months or be permanent.

It is not unusual for a Florida electric shock injury to appear minimal outwardly, but tissue, muscle and nerve damage can happen below the skin that can cause serious effects to the body. The soft tissues and internal organs create an easy path for the electrical current to follow because there is no resistance. The entrance and exit of the electrical shock is evident because it will appear as electrical burns. A serious result of the entry to the body is it may have destroyed nerves, and the function of the heart, brain, lungs and organs.

A South Florida electric shock injury can occur in the workplace. Construction workers and professions such as electrical or cable work are at the highest risk of being injured on the job. Most electric shock injuries occur from not complying with proper safety regulations as well as not being attentive. Defective or broken machinery, damaged or defective wiring, high-voltage power lines, frayed electrical cords are all common sources of electrocution injuries.

Construction sites are known to be unsafe and can expose workers on the site to dangerous live wire activity, Many Broward County workers comp claims are a result of electrical juries. Injuries that have occurred at a construction site are covered under the Workers’ Compensation Law.

If you were injured on the job as a result of an electric shock, you should talk with an experienced South Florida workers’ compensation attorney that can determine the cause of your injuries and who is at fault. It may be the owner of the construction site, the manufacturer or distributor of a defective part, a contractor who installed wiring incorrectly or anyone else that may have been involved with your South Florida electric shock injury.

Being involved in a Broward County electric shock injury is frightening. This is especially true if you have incurred serious bodily damage. Don’t try and file a Broward County workers’ compensation claim by yourself. Contact a Broward County workers’ compensation attorney as soon as possible to help you determine whether or not you are eligible to a file a claim and receive compensation for your Florida electric shock injury. You need to file your claim before the statute of limitations expires which is within two years from the date of the injury. If it is after the initial two years, it must be within one year of the last payment of your compensation or provision of medical treatment, care or attendance. Florida statute sec.440.19 (1) & (2)

If you have been injured on the job from an electric shock injury, contact the Law Offices of David Benenfeld to speak with a South County workers’ compensation attorney at, 866-9-HELP NOW or 866-943-5766 for a free consultation. You can also receive my FREE book, Hurt on the Job in Florida: What Are My Rights?

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David M. Benenfeld, P.A.
7800 W. Oakland Park Boulevard
Building F
Suite 216
Sunrise, FL 33351
Phone: (954) 677-0155
Fax: (954) 677-0773
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